Becky Higgins 365 day kit

Well as all the dedicated Becky fans know her new kit is the project 365. I goes on sale Jan 1st. I have been counting down since my CK magazine came around 2 weeks ago. Check out Becky's blog for videos showing the contents and how-to's of this kit: http://www.beckyhiggins.com/blog/2008/12/project-365-kit-contents.html

Things I love so far about there kits:

• There's extra in the kit so if I make a mistake it's okay, I was a little worried about that at first
• Everything is pre-coordinated for me(no need for me to stress if something matches or if it looks right together
• the kit comes with everything I need to complete my scrapbook, except for the album and the other basics like adhesive
  
• It ships right to my door
  
• I feel like I get a lot for my money, the kits average around $40 plus shipping which has been between $10-13
• Also I am saving money and time by not browsing and buying things I will not use, also I do not even have to drive across town(therefore saving gas, wear on my car and time) or go to 4 different scrapbook stores to find what I want/ need to complete my album, it's all right there in the kit for me. I have also began purchasing the We R Memory albums on line from Ritz Camera

The only cons to the kits have been some of the customer service employees and the mistakes made with shipping. Also some things such as spelling errors in the kit, But i think it's still some what new and that things will improve over time. Also If you decide later you want the kit or if you can not afford to buy the kit when it first releases you can not buy it later(unless you pay the increased Ebay price) But I guess by only making so many of the kits they do not have inventory sitting and they are able to come out with all the nice new kits each month. So I think this will be my new thing!

So my birthday present this month will be Project 365, I can't wait!

POTD Blog

Along with doing Becky's Project 365 Scrapbook kit I have also decided this year to do a Picture of the Day blog. I hope I can keep up with it, we will soon see.
This is a link to it if anyone wants to visit: http://www.aprilkelleypotd.blogspot.com/

Becky Higgins School Expansion Kit

As we were pulling in the driveway after spending today at Swan Lake I looked and there on the porch I saw the 12x12 box waiting for me. I swear I was like a kid on Christmas morning!! I could not park and unload fast enough. Once inside Megan helped me cut into the box and she knew right away...I hear for yell "Mom, Becky Higgins!" I think I have her trained very well.

Anyway the kit is awesome! It is so versitle and what I did not know until I got to see the paper is that it is double-sided. Yes, the other side has more. This kit could easily be used for much more than just school days, which is what I had hoped for. This is great too though to add to the school days kit because as a homeschooler we get so many more pictures than what I would have if the kids were in public school. We now have extra paper so we could now easily dedicate an entire page to our field trips for that school year or whatever else we want to. Also we have extra ruled paper so now if me or the kids make a mistake on something we could redo it. I'm so excited!! I can't decide if I want to get right to work on it or spend a little longer looking over all the beautiful colors.

If you would like to see more check out Becky's Blog . Also after receiving my kit today I went and checked and they still had some available so I ordered another one. This is were you can order from(while they still have them, I'm sure they will not last): http://www.lisabearnson.com/kotm/

More Sketch sites

In case there's anyone that has not seen these yet(I ran across them this morning on another blog I read)....Here are more Sketches for you to try out:

PAGE MAPS

Scrap Maps

Pencil Lines

52 Sketches, 52 Weeks

I found this online today and thought I'd share in case anyone was interested. It looks neat. What a wonderful idea to have a sketch per week challenge!!! I will have to give this a try.....
52 Sketches 52 Weeks

Day 7

I can not believe it's been a week of layouts. This is great. I am getting faster and really liking this. I am spending less time online, but that's OK because I am being more productive.

On this page I used foam alphabet stamps and for the swirls I used CLEAR stamps for the first time ever and I LOVE them. I have to head over to the two peas message board to find out more information about the best way to take care of them and how long they last and how many times they will re-stick. The paint cleaned right off them unlike the Foam stamps. If I find out good information about the longevity of the clear stamps I will be making the switch from the foam ones.

Day 5

Oh my goodness I can not believe I managed another layout tonight. It felt really good to again just do it. I have had this Halloween title for a few years. I have said oh it's so neat I want to use it on a really awesome page, But the way I am you can tell it wasn't happened. So tonight for the 31 day Challenge I used it, and you know it felt great. This challenge is really great--I am getting things out of there package and into my scrapbook, I am not worrying about is this straight, or is there a better color for this or blah blah. I can normally find a million reasons to not do something or other things that I think I need to do instead, But this is changing me. Tonight I was almost lazy and said no I'm not going to scrapbook but then I thought what a quitter I had to real excuse to not do a page. So here it is, I know things aren't lined up perfect and I could have done more but that's OK......

Day 4

Day 3

Day 2

Day 1